Today's Clips (10/19/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

NBA superstar Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors announced on Twitter he will be an executive producer of the faith-based Hollywood drama, Breakthrough, based on a real story by author Joyce Smith.

Atlantic 10 Conference media day was held Thursday in Brooklyn, N.Y. Where were the Davidson Wildcats predicted in the men’s basketball preseason poll?

Could the addition of LeBron James bring a historic rivalry between two of the greatest franchises in basketball back into the spotlight?

IN OTHER NEWS

The best teenage comments from the last week’s writing prompts, and an invitation to join the conversation yourself.

Fendi attempts to address the Italian national youth unemployment crisis by luring a new generation into becoming traditional artisans.

Court cases and athlete empowerment challenge old beliefs about amateurism. And the public is getting wise.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is condemning a professor's Twitter post that encouraged people to disrupt senators' meals the day Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Two lawsuits have been filed in federal court against Yale University claiming damages from a 2008 data breach at the university.

With a lawsuit against Harvard, Asian-American activists have formed an alliance with a white conservative to change higher education, Hua Hsu writes.

Eric Lach interviews the vice-president of academics and instruction at Chipola College, in Marianna, Florida, about campus efforts to recover from the damage of Hurricane Michael.

A Harvard dean was thrilled. The undergraduate college had just admitted the offspring of some wealthy donors, and now the money was expected to pour into the university.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Harvard University junior Kelley Babphavong about her opposition to the university's affirmative action admissions process.

TRADES

University of Pittsburgh starts a program in which students will receive aid and will be asked, but not required, to contribute to a fund for future students.

Young Americans for Freedom at University of Southern California canceled tickets to an event, fearful that students who disagreed with the speaker's views would disrupt him.

Last month the North-American Interfraternity Conference called for such a ban at all its member chapters. Here’s how such a policy has worked at Mizzou and Purdue.

Admissions officials defended their process in the fourth day of a trial in which the university has been accused of discriminating against Asian-American applicants.

The document, made public in a lawsuit challenging the university’s race-conscious admissions process, suggests that interviewers steer clear of questions about test scores.

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